Nepali proverb
बाघ बुढो भयो भने नि शिकार गर्न छाड्दैन
Baagh budo bhaye pani sikaar garna chhaddaina.
If it's in your nature you won't ever stop
Nepali proverb
बाघ बुढो भए पनि घाँस खाँदैन
Bagh budo bhaye pani ghas khadaina.
How to read it
Bagh budo bhaye pani ghas khadaina.
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बाँदर को पुच्छर, लौरो न हतियार
Badar ko puchchhar lauro na hatiyaar
Being useless.
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बाँदरको हातमा नरिवल
Badar ko haat maa nariwal.
For a fragile thing or responsibility falling in the hands of irresponsible people
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Nepali proverb
बाघ बुढो भयो भने नि शिकार गर्न छाड्दैन
Baagh budo bhaye pani sikaar garna chhaddaina.
If it's in your nature you won't ever stop
Nepali proverb
बाघ बुढो र स्याल तन्नेरी
Baagh budo ra syaal tanneri.
Nepali proverb
बाघ बुढो स्याल तन्नेरी एक हुँदैन
Baagh budo syaal tanneri ek hudaina.
Nepali proverb
बाघ कराउनु बाख्रो हराउनु
Bagh karaunu bakhro haraunu.
Nepali proverb
बाघको बाटो बाघ हिड्छ, सर्पको बाटो सर्प
Bagh ko baato bagh hidchha, sarpa ko baato sarpa.
Nepali proverb
बाघले नचिनेको वन र वनले नचिनेको बाघ हुँदैन
Bagh le nachineko ban ra ban le nachineko bagh hudaina.